With a little over 4,000 in the pot and the flop reading , the action was checked to Romain Follet in the cutoff. Follet bet 1,700 and Anatoly Korochenskiy check-raised to 3,600. Follet announced all-in and Korochenskiy called for his last 8,500 chips.
Follet:
Korochenskiy:
Korochenskiy hit a set of tens on the flop and looked to be in prime position to double up. The dealer burned and turned the on the turn and Korochenskiy lept out of his seat (insert many Russian curse words). The river was the and Korochenskiy headed towards the exit of the tournament area.
Erik Cajelais and fellow French-Canadian Jeff Cormier are rising with the former well above the starting stack and the latter being among the chip leaders. Cajelais was paid off by Maxim Lykov on the river of a board and showed for top pair to claim the pot.
One table over, Usman Siddique and Marek Tatar got into a raising war. The latter was on the button and had a raise to 4,000 in front before Siddique reraised to 21,500. That had the remaining stack of Tatar covered and resulted in a fold.
Dzelili Liridon and his opponent got all of the money in the middle preflop with Liridon's opponent being the player at risk for around 9,500. Liridon was in front with the against his opponent's .
The flop came and Liridon was ahead with his set of nines. The turn was the leaving his opponent drawing dead before the on the river even improved Liridon's hand to quads.
Roberto Romanello's table broke, unfortunately it came too late for the Welshman after he had just sent over his stack to Ricardo Chauriye. According to the Chilean, Chauriye raised and Romanello defended from the small blind as did the player in the big blind.
On a rainbow flop, Romanello check-called a bet of Chauriye and check-raised the turn for his last 12,000. Chauriye called with and Romanello's ended up second best. That was also confirmed by Georgios Zisimopoulos, who was moved to a new table with Ryan Hughes.
Right at the moment Zisimopoulos arrived, Hughes was involved in a three-way hand on the flop. Hughes in the small blind and Usman Siddique in the big blind checked. The button bet 800 and Hughes' check-raised to 3,400 won the pot without further resistance.
Ivan Baric was down to just 9,000 chips early on in the tournament, but since then has been sky-rocketing to the top of the leaderboard. In a recent hand, Baric opened from the hijack and was three-bet to 5,500 by the big blind. Baric made a four-bet to 11,000 and his opponent moved all-in for just shy of 20,000. Baric made the call and the two players tabled the same hand.
Baric:
Opponent:
In what looked to inevitably be a chop pot, the flop came and it was Baric with the freeroll on his opponent. The turn brought the giving Baric a flush draw to win the hand outright. The river landed the and Baric made the flush to eliminate his opponent.
Oleksandr Shcherbak sent Adolf Kern to the rail and was involved in many small pots after. His raise tio 1,300 from the cutoff was called by Erik Cajelais in the big blind called. On the flop, Cajelais checked and called a bet of 1,000 before the was checked through. Cajelais bet the river for 2,200 and Shcherbak called to muck once the French-Canadian showed .
In the last hand of the level, Maxim Lykov raised to 1,300 and the button called. A short stack shoved for 15,700 in the small blind and Lykov's isolation to 41,300 forced a fold from the button.
Small blind:
Maxim Lykov:
Nothing changed with the flop and Lykov stood up from his chair on the turn to see the fall on the river, giving the Russian the better two pair. "I don't know why I always do it," Lykov said when asked why he stood up.
Alex Foxen found a way to double up his short stack in the last hand before the dinner break. Foxen picked up pocket aces against his opponent's pocket queens. The board ran out clean for Foxen as he moved to nearly an average stack.
Almost half of the field has already been eliminated and the remaining 47 players out of 90 entries have been sent into a 60-minute dinner break. The registration remains open until the cards are back in the air, and the action resumes at approximately 9.15 p.m. local time.
One minute before the end of the dinner break, Martin Kabrhel showed up with a ticket in the hand to enter with a fresh stack of 20,000. When play resumed, the tournament staff announced an adjusted plan for the rest of the night. Play will continue until there are just 15 players are remaining, or the full 14 levels, whichever of the two comes first.
Kabrhel was the first to inquire about the announcement and floor staff explained that today's play will be the base for the remaining starting days in order to ensure that the money bubble will burst at the start of Day 2.
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, the action was checked to Romain Follet in the cutoff. Follet bet 1,700 and Anatoly Korochenskiy check-raised to 3,600. Follet announced all-in and Korochenskiy called for his last 8,500 chips. 
on the turn and Korochenskiy lept out of his seat (insert many Russian curse words). The river was the 
and Korochenskiy headed towards the exit of the tournament area.
and showed 
against his opponent's 
. 
and Liridon was ahead with his set of nines. The turn was the 
on the river even improved Liridon's hand to quads.
rainbow flop, Romanello check-called a bet of Chauriye and check-raised the 
flop. Hughes in the small blind and Usman Siddique in the big blind checked. The button bet 800 and Hughes' check-raised to 3,400 won the pot without further resistance.
and it was Baric with the freeroll on his opponent. The turn brought the 
giving Baric a flush draw to win the hand outright. The river landed the 
and Baric made the flush to eliminate his opponent.
flop, Cajelais checked and called a bet of 1,000 before the 
was checked through. Cajelais bet the 
river for 2,200 and Shcherbak called to muck once the French-Canadian showed 
.
turn to see the 
